Bannon was indicted on two counts of contempt of court after repeatedly refusing to testify before the committee investigating the Congressional Storming. The sentencing is expected to come later. Bannon risks between 30 days and one year in prison for each of the two charges. He may also have to pay a fine of between 100 and 100,000 dollars. Short trial The federal jury took three hours to find Steve Bannon guilty, after a trial that lasted five days. Bannon himself has tried to get Judge Carl Nichols to postpone the trial, without having been successful in doing so. The former spin doctor has argued that the hearings that are still ongoing in the congressional committee may make it difficult to find impartial jurors. CLOSE WORK: Donald Trump takes Steve Bannon on his shoulders as he officially got the job as a senior adviser in the White House, January 22, 2017. Photo: MANDEL NGAN / AFP Had close contact with Trump before the storm Steve Bannon led Donald Trump’s campaign team to victory in 2016 .Then he was appointed chief strategist and senior adviser to the president. Just eight months later, he resigned, returning to his old job as chairman of the controversial website Breitbart News. Despite the official break with Trump, Steve Bannon is said to have remained in close contact with the president. In addition, he played an important role in organizing and motivating Trump’s supporters. On the “War Room” radio show, Bannon gave advice on how Trump’s electorate could best manipulate the electoral system, and actively encouraged attendance at the January 2021 gathering in Washington DC. On September 23, 2021, the January 6 Committee gave Bannon a direct order to testify in the hearings. Bannon refused, and the attorney general charged him with “contempt of Congress.” The trial began on Monday, and on the night of Friday, 68-year-old Bannon testified. Facts about Steve Bannon Photo: Alex Brandon / AP Bannon before Breitbart: Born 1953. Grew up in a working-class family in Virginia, USA Master’s degree in national security Former officer in the US Navy Worked at the investment bank Goldman Sachs for a few years before he together with some colleagues started the investment bank Bannon & Co. Entered the film industry in the 1990s as a producer in Hollywood, where he produced a number of films. Experience with media and politics: In 2012 he took over as head of the right-wing website Breitbart News. In 2013, he helped start the consulting company Cambridge Analytica, which was closed in 2018 after the revelation that the company had illegally collected information on millions of Facebook users. The collaboration with Donald Trump: In August 2016, he became the leader of Donald Trump’s election campaign. After Trump’s election victory, he was given a special position as chief strategist and a permanent seat on the US National Security Council. In April 2017, he was removed from the council. In August 2017, a week after the Charlottesville riots, he left the White House and returned to Breitbart. In January 2018, he was fired from Breitbart after making disparaging comments about Trump. In October 2018, Bannon and the Belgian right-wing politician Mischaël Modrikamen launched the group The Movement, with the aim of uniting right-wing forces in Europe. Indictments and trials: In August 2020, Bannon was indicted for embezzling money from the “We Build The Wall” fundraiser. The trial was originally supposed to start in May 2021, but Bannon was pardoned by President Donald Trump on the latter’s last day in office. On November 12, he was indicted by a federal grand jury for contempt of Congress by refusing to testify before the committee investigating the congressional storming. He has not wanted to testify about the congress storming that took place on January 6, 2021. Although he has changed his mind and now wants to testify, he has been charged with showing contempt for Congress. This trial will start on 18 July 2022. Source: NTB
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